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UNITED 'STATES' PATENT Ormea.

WILLIAM C. BAKER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CARLI-IE'ATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Iatent N0. 331,367, dated December 1, 1885.

Applieation'filed February 9, 1885. Serial No. 155,323. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. BAKER, of the city and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Compartments for Rail- Way0ar Heaters, of which the following is a specification.

In railway-cars the stoves or heaters are usually at one or both ends of each car, and in some instances special compartments have been provided with doors that give access to the heater. In cases of collision the stove or heater is often upset, and the door comes open, and the car catches fire. Besides this, the heater is unsightly when not incased, and it becomes soiled and injured, and the seats cannot be placed close to it, and the coal-boX occupies space needlessly.

My invention is made for inclosin g the heater permanently, so that the car cannot be set on re, even in cases of collision, all dust and dirt are excluded from the inside of the car, and the attendant supplies fuel and removes ashes from the heater through doors at the end ofthe car, opening out upon the platform.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating a portion of the car at the doorway, and showing the manner of reaching the fire. Fig. 2 is a vertical section longitudinally of the car, the heater itself being in ele vation; and Fig. 3 is a sectional plan at the line w :v

The car itself is to be of any ordinary or desired construction,eXcept in the particulars herein specified. A part of the platform is indicated at A, of the end of the car at B, of the side of the car at D.

The heater E is of suitable construction. It may be adapted to a coil for heating water that circulates in pipes, as in my4 Patent No. 75,345, granted March 10, 1868. The smokepipe F passes out through the roof, as usual. The heater is located in the corner of the car, in a compartment formed by the end B and side D of the car and the partitions H K. The partition H is permanent, and the partition K is movable and secured firmly in place by screws c c. These partitions H K are to be of wood or other suitable material, but may be provided with panels and moldings corresponding to the rest of the car. The Whole of the compartment is lined with sheet metal a-such as boilereiron--and a space left between the same and the wood-work, that is filled with non-conducting fire-proof material b-such as mineral wool. rlhis casing or lining is sufficient to prevent the car being red by the stove under any circumstances. In the side K of the compartment there is an openingY with a line and strong grating, h, that allows the air to pass into the compartment and up between the lining and the heater,and, usually,there is a skirt of sheet metal around the heater opening at the top end into an airpipe, Z, that opens into the interior ofthe car above the metal top lining, m, of the com partment, so that the warmth from the heater is conveyed into the car.

I usually provide an opening for the admission of external atmosphere whenever desired into the space containing the heater, so as to properly ventilate the car. This opening may be in the sides or bottom. I have shown this opening at b2 in the bottom of the car, there being a slide or register to regulate the amount of air admitted. In the end of the car, where there usually is aWindow,I introducea door,l\I, that is hinged,so as to be easily swung open,and in the iron lining is a door,N, also hinged,and having a spring-bolt, u, or self-acting lock. When these doors are shut, they close the compartment securely, and when they are open access is given to the fire for introducing fuel through the door S. A door, l?, below the door M gives access to the ash-pan of the stove or heater for the removal of ashes or clinkers or the sti rring of the iire.

In order to furnish the necessary space for fuel, I introduce Within the compartment a platform, Q, above the stove, and preferably having an opening for the air-pipe, Z, to pass through, and a front, t, so as to inclose a coal space or bin,into which is introduced the supply chute or feeder u, passing down through the top of the car, and provided with a stormtight removable cap, u. By this construction the floor-space usually occupied by coal-boxes is saved, and a receptacle is provided adapted to the coal required for several days, and there is to be one or more slides or openings at o o for the removal of coal by a small shovel, and its insertion into the heater.

I do not claim a car with a room containing IOO a heater and a door to give access to the room from the car-platform.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combinatiomwith the railway-car and 5 heater, of the permanent partitions H K,hav

ing a metal lining and non-conducting material between the lining and the Wood-Work, and a door at an opening through the end of the oar, adjacent to the opening in the heater, to give access from outside the car for the in sertion of fuel, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the railway-car and heater and the partitions lined with sheet metal andinclosing the heater, of an iron door I5 in the sheet-metal lining, and a door in the end of the car, and a door at the ash-pan of the heater, thesaid doors opening` out upon the end platform of said car, substantially as set forth.

3. In combination with the railway-car and 2o heater and the partitions and sheet-metal lining inclosing such heater, the platform q and inclosure forming a coal-receptacle in the upper part of the compartment, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 2d day of February, A. D. 1885.

W. C.' BAKER.

/Vitnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, WILLIAM G. MOTT. 

